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In a spectacular pterosaur shaped building just over the sea wall in Sandown on the Isle of Wight is Britain's first purpose built dinosaur museum. Here you walk back through fossilized time to the period of the dinosaurs where we have recreated the sight, sounds and smells of the era. In amongst 1000 of the best fossils from the collection you can meet the islands famous five fully fleshed out dinosaurs including our Animatronic Neovenator. Dinosaur Isle is open all year round and as well as life-sized displays of dinosaurs there are temporary themed exhibitions and a working laboratory where visitors can watch experts work on the latest fossil finds. A popular addition to a visit to Dinosaur Isle is to join a guided fossil hunt (which must be pre-booked) to the nearby rich fossil beach of Yaverland. This muli-million pound attraction and the wealth of dinosaur fossils found on the Isle of Wight firmly establishes this island as the dinosaur capital of Europe.